The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

Cascading waterfalls mark the gateway to the ancient burial place of Clan Macnab.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.